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The president went to the ballpark last night and got booed. Then there were chants of "Lock him up!"
And some were aghast. What about decorum? What about respect for the office if not the person?
Here's my answer. We may be a few months away from the death of democracy in the United States. We are in a war for the survival of the Republic. Not too many shots fired, if you overlook the mass shootings enabled by the National Rifle Association. But still a war.
In a war, you fight. We are fortunate to have the president under siege, but he is still dangerous. It is important to continue the classic siege tactics of isolate and diminish. Booing works for me. So does "Lock him up!" I look forward to the day when that actually happens.
In the winter of 1944, the Germans launched a massive counterattack on the western front that came to be called the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans surrounded the American 101st Airborne Division and several other units in Bastogne and demanded that the American troops surrender. General McAuliffe, commanding the 101st Airborne, replied, "Nuts!"
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